Objectives: The current research was conducted with the aim of comparing entrepreneurial ability, job finding beliefs and career self-concept in female students of technical-professional and theoretical branches.
Methods: The statistical population of the research includes all female students studying in the twelfth grade in Kermanshah city in the academic year of 2023-2024. (N=5557) of which 359 people were selected using stratified random sampling, 240 of them were from theoretical fields and 119 from technical fields. The main tools of the research were Shafi Abadi and Rezaei occupational self-concept questionnaire (1997), Salehi employment beliefs questionnaire (2004) and Zandi's entrepreneurial abilities questionnaire (2013).
Findings: Data analysis was done in two parts of descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS version 26 software. The results of the research showed that there is a significant difference between the female students of the technical-professional branch and the theoretical branch in terms of entrepreneurial abilities and job search beliefs. Regarding the occupational self-concept component, no significant difference was observed between the two groups.
Conclusion: The results of the current study indicate that entrepreneurial abilities and positive job-finding beliefs are higher in students of the technical-professional branch than in students of the theoretical branch. The findings of this research can be effective in students’ branch selection process and in educational policy-making in this field.